42 AUTUMN AT THE HOMESTEAD VIRGINIA HOT SPRINGS ,. ' ',' .::: :Þf iA , : ,flJf/ l ', . ';":. :. . ":\0). " F' {r:: ;I : ' .. .. "". . .'." :::,:!;;';"'. , . . -."-_ "':On.. :'. ',> .::' (>{% ::: Ñ)Y . ; ( .:..:. . ;-;-:1",.':.. . ,", . ,>.. tþ:., ( ".Ji .. '> ". I ' '; ...:. : :..... :/"...::,3$',: ': i ë: ...' {.,": :. .'L. .,t.., :.':',$ ,',W "'f., .*,'1>'.,..-., i'>t" . .K.... .... Centra/Tower a/The Homestead OVERNIGHT FROM EASTERN POINTS i\10TOR CARS UNNECESSARY ALL FACILITIES AT HAND Jl! '>Z;t Sd U; A ff-",,'...,.. ..,.... '. . Hot Springs, Va. or i::':". its New York ofice in the Waldorf-Astoria. PEARC E {jiaøheIiJ 11901Je1n cvnd I "tit mD(JT exmit 4pedf If your blanket needs are urgent ask for the lovely Pearce Blankets at your favorite store. If not too urgent, put the money in to war bonds, and buy Pearce Blankets later. 1\1uch of our. :'éi{ lili "::'''':' :i :i;1 production must still go to the government for the sleeping com- fort of our soldiers. $8.95 to $15.95 Sample swatch and descriptive folder upon re- ,,/< :;:::::.::..': quest. tì*;::,::: "..:.... .. :. :;: .. .."" ;...:tl\ . . ". .-'$.:: } .?' P ".. ,':",',:: :.. ""' , ßß :: .;:.::: N ::{i..j;:;; :-::'::'..: .:..:::::';";. :::: t.: : jt ;:;. "$\if t ',:r: 'i: [ 'i f. :0;.....0('0' .. :-:-. ; m , t: '::;'X.':: PEAR M AC R O. p l AT R 08 e . P A. LATROBE PA 1805 cized this latest Bevin threat and darkly prophesied the collapse of English homes and feminine health if it was carried out. The ladies in the House, on the oth- er hand, tartly wanted to know why women of fifty should be referred to as though they had one foot in the bath- chair, especially since so many of them are already holding down exacting war jobs, and even urged Mr. Bevin to go right ahead and call up women as old as sixty-five. V\'Thile all this was going on, Bevin shrewdly stole a Inarch on his Parliamentary opponents by taking his case straight to the nation's housewives. This he did by arranging for a monster meeting of women at the Albert Hall, in London. Six thousand females from all over Britain, representing one phase or another of the women's war effort, tIP- were mysteriously called from their 1 workbenches, handed free railway vouchers, and told to proceed forthwith to London. None of them were given any notion of what they were going for. The pot of gold at the end of this rain- bow turned out to be the Prime Minis- ter in person, a free gawk at other mem- bers of the Government (including, of course, Mr. Bevin) and at Mrs. An- thony Eden's elegant black-and-pink ensemble, a lunch interval during which nacks were brought in to all hands from the British Restaurant, a chance to heckle Ministers with written ques- tions, and, finally, the spectacle of Miss Ellen Wilkinson, M. P., in tears as she and the six thousand other ladies sang Blake's "Jerusalem." Later, those dele- gates who couldn't get back home that -evening made the long-standing jam in London's hotels even worse. The Gov- ernment's hospitality, it seems, stopped short of a night's lodging. Somebody wondered why mattresses hadn't been laid out round the Albert Memorial, assuming that six thousand mattresses could be had. All in all, it was a memorable day for the visitors, and possibly not an un- profitable one for their hosts, who sent them back to their communities with Mr. Churchil1's personally delivered message that they must all keep noses to the grindstone still loud in their ears. For some reason, the meeting was conducted with great secrecy. Even the press was kept out. This may have given the la- dies the cozy feeling that the Premier was telling them things he didn't want the Times to hear, but it not unnatu- rally made Fleet Street very angry. However, as a psychological tonic to prepare the home front for the strain of a gruelling fifth year, the idea of the mass meeting seems to have been so suc- OCTOBER 9, I 9 4- f:l';rt0: '1 'it" tffi.::: ; ,... t:: $: I ..,. '" ..' , .. .-:':'"':'. ':::Ff2' ,'.... : :A;;:: .., ;t c.: t ..:: , :; (, : :: i ; ;::f ,mgAj : nØ \{il îmøtQiJÞa t, m_.. I I: f : . / :! ''':::::. (, i1 , ;1 if. i 111 )! <': ife,w, Dont dlscard /t . .. / - l4J he II .somett1/, -é,etl{ul"Cd - tl'eak.J tn fwo ... úJ alt fix it 800d o,f ew.' JAMES AMSTER. 140 E. 53 t{O jT: PLAZA 8-1866 '\. , 6 IU , ,'\.: ::.,.t.:: , ,.... ....... ...,........... " , "','\..\.., ': Western Playing Card Co., Racine, Wis., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. CONVENI ENT -QUIET -CHARMING SINGLES - DOUBLES. LUXURIOUS SUITES Permanent - Transient Peter Dahl. Manager 2 East S& !'5t. PloZQ 3-7100